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MOVIE CONFIRMED!!!

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Dorsey showed me this video yesterday and every time I watch it I cry a little. I'm such a sap.

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And I don't mean the ones with guitars. They've already done that.

Germany is producing zeppelins again. More than 70 years after the infamous Hindenburg disaster, its latest airship was gently guided out of the hangar doors last month to make its maiden test flight.

There have been several reports that the zeppelin may very well make a come back in the skies. With significant advancements in technology since the Hindenburg, the passenger zeppelins are being touted as luxury cruises in the sky. I hope this includes those fun little animal towels.

What is it about airships that continues to capture the imagination? By rights, the lumbering airborne relics of a century past should be no more than museum curiosities, consigned like gas lamps to the sentimental roll-call of redundant technology. But like sacked television contestants, it's hard to keep an idea as audacious as the airship down. With the cost of oil at record highs, and airline chiefs warning of the end of cheap flights, the idea of the airship is being seriously floated once more.

Source: guardian.co.uk

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King Tut is coming to Dallas! The exhibit, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, will be at the Dallas Museum of Art beginning October 2008 through May 2009. You can pre-register for tickets here. I've already pre-registered. Now to figure out a good weekend to go. Anyone in?

Get the rest of the scoop at the official site.

Labels: Excitement, History

Flickr user Balakov has a great set of classic photographs that have been recreated with legos.






Check the rest of them out here.

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Source: Holy Taco

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What do you get when you collaborate porn with an Etch-A-Sketch? Stuff that somewhat resembles porn but mostly badly drawn penises. Take a look at Boinkology.

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It is the 1930s and the marriages across the nation are in trouble. Blame it on the impending war , the economy or the dust bowl. If there was only some system to rate my wife. She's the problem of course.

[Enter Stage Left: Dr. George W. Crane]

Now presenting the The Marital Rating Scale. (Click image below for full chart)

The test was designed to give couples feedback on their marriages. Either husbands or wives could take the test, which rated wives in a variety of areas. For instance, if your wife "uses slang or profanity," she would get a score of five demerits. On the other hand, if she "reacts with pleasure and delight to marital congress," she would receive 10 merits. The test taker would add up the total number of merits and demerits to receive a raw score, which would categorize the wife on a scale from "very poor" to "very superior."

I find this amusing and incredibly interesting. Just a small glimpse of the husband and wife roles at this point in history.


Source: APA Online